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Gay comic superheroes?

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English: Logo of Marvel Comics (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) X-Men Comics is depicting a gay superhero wedding. "Northstar," who came out as gay in 1992, is now proposing to "Kyle." Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Axel Alonso said, "Marvel has a long and proud tradition of reflecting the world in all its diversity, and this is just one more example of that." Marjorie Liu , an X-Men writer, told Rolling Stone she wanted to inspire others to follow their footsteps. "Here are two people, trying to live their lives—mutant and gay, black and gay—empowered in their own ways, but also fringe-dwellers," she said. "They're living life on their own terms...The message is: You can do the same thing." A comic book shop in New York City spotted a commercial opportunity, a chance for some nice publicity, according to LifeSiteNews. They decided to fund an all-expenses paid wedding for two lucky guys, in their comic book store . No, I'm no...

Comic book shop celebrates X-Men comic by hosting same-sex ‘wedding’

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK , June 20, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – To celebrate the  X-Men comics’ first depiction of a same-sex “marriage,”  a New York City comic book shop held a real gay “nuptial” ceremony in its store. Midtown Comics hosted the hitching at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at its store at the corner of Fulton Street and Gold Street. X-Men's same-sex "marriage" inspired the real thing. The store held a contest for the honors, won by Scott Everhart, 39, and Jason Welker, 33, of Columbus, Ohio . The two met online. Everhart said he kept the application secret until he was asked to come in for an interview. “That’s when I broke the news to [Welker] and kind of proposed at the same time,” he said. Thor Parker, social media and events director at Midtown Comics,  said , “They really stood out as super fans.”  The pair flew, by airplane, to the Big Apple, where such “weddings” are now legal. Their reception was provided compliments of Eventi Hotel . ...